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commiserable

 [kuh-miz-uh-reyt]   Origin

com·mis·er·ate

   [kuh-miz-uh-reyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
verb (used without object)
2.
to sympathize (usually followed by with): They commiserated with him over the loss of his job.

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Origin:
1585–95; < Latin commiserātus (past participle of commiserārī), equivalent to com- com- + miser pitiable (see misery) + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
com·mis·er·a·ble, adjective
com·mis·er·a·tion, noun
com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
com·mis·er·a·tor, noun
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non·com·mis·er·a·tion, noun
non·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
non·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
un·com·mis·er·at·ed, adjective
un·com·mis·er·at·ing, adjective
un·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
un·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE

Can be confused: commensurate, commiserate.
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commiserate (kəˈmɪzəˌreɪt)
 
—vb (when intr, usually foll by with)
to feel or express sympathy or compassion (for)
 
[C17: from Latin commiserārī, from com- together + miserārī to bewail, pity, from miser wretched]
 
com'miserable
 
—adj
 
commise'ration
 
—n
 
com'miserative
 
—adj
 
com'miseratively
 
—adv
 
com'miserator
 
—n

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commiserate
c.1600, from L. commiseratus, pp. of commiserari (see commiseration). Related: Commiserating (1630s).
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